The week went well as a whole, I had some rough days or at least days that didn't go how I thought they would. Monday was a little rough, but mainly because the students and myself were coming off of a three day weekend. My lessons went well, but I did modify both the 2nd grade and 4th grade lessons so that there would be more time for the main activity. The 2nd graders were talking about "Are you hungry" so I planned some fun activities, but I was bored and the students didn't seem to want to sit still so I found a song on YouTube called "Are you hungry" and sang that will all of the classes the rest of the week.
My lesson went well for 4th grade as well, we talked about Halloween, which is always fun. I taped myself in that class, but didn't like how it turned out or how I have been teaching it seems awkward to me. I watched the video many times and made minor changes to some of my activities. 4th grade went well on Tuesday as well and I felt like an actual teacher because the homeroom teacher was gone when I got there and needed to start class so I got all of the students to calm down and get ready for the lesson. It was very nice!
Dr. Sung came to observe my 2nd grade class on Tuesday and I think it went very well, I won't get feedback until next week sometime. I was able to give some one-on -one attention to students who didn't fully understand right away while the others moved on to the next step. At pizza night she mentioned that she liked the lesson and the children seemed to have fun too. She suggested that I have the students think of foods and write them on the board rather than me just writing words so I did that on Wednesday and it worked very well.
I had my 3rd grade storytelling group on Tuesday as well and that went smoothly...I am going to miss that group so much!
Wednesday was broadcast day as usual, but this time I had to read the story 3 time because of technical difficulties. Either way it went well and students liked the story about the five little pumpkins. I taught two classes of second and they both went well and I learned some new words in Korean from the students which was very cool. I love it when the students can teach me new things. I have learned so much from the students!
I have been working in the Talk Talk Magic Shop with parent volunteers as well and have learned a lot from them too. I love getting to know the parents and talking with them about my time in Korea and what I need to make sure to see before I leave. It has been a lot of fun and I'm going to miss my school and the people a lot.
Thursday and Friday were uneventful days. I taught my lessons to the 2nd graders and everything went smoothly. I think I have become better manager of time in the class and more confident too. I plan on taping myself again next week to see how I can change things and make my teaching better.
This weekend is Halloween weekend and lots of people are going to parties, but as of right now I am not going to any parties. I am just going to stay in and work on my homework. I really want to get all of my big assignments done so I can focus on my PORTFOLIO...the word itself is daunting.
I was looking at my calendar this week and realized I only have 18 more days left of teaching and only 30day from next Tuesday Nov.1st until I leave Korea. There is so much I still want to explore in Korea, but I will be glad to be home with my family again too. Overall though a pretty uneventful week.
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